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Fish Shops.
Shops in which fish, either cooked or uncooked, is sold, or where
the curing or smoking of fish is carried on, are regularly inspected.
There were 47 such shops in the Borough in 1953. 299 inspections were
made, and 2 notices were served for minor matters which were remedied
without difficulty
Street Stalls.
All street stalls from which food for human consumption is sold
are regularly inspected and, where the food sold is stored in the Borough,
the storage places are also inspected. It was not found necessary to
take any formal action during the year.
Unsound Food.
The following table gives particulars of the unsound foodstuffs
which, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrendered to the Council. Most
these foodstuffs were ultimately used for the manufacture of animal
feeding stuffs.
Fish (preserved) 103 tins, 3 boxes
Fish (wet) 4 st., 36 boxes
Meat and meat products (preserved) 19 cwts., 3 qtrs., 1 st,
5½ lbs., 1,034 tins
Meat (fresh) 1 ton, 11 cwts., 1 qtr,
1 st., 11 lbs.
Poultry 29 lbs.
Vegetables (preserved) 2,058 tins
Vegetables (fresh) 20 bags
Fruit (preserved) 2 cwts. 9 lbs., 2,688 tins
Fruit (fresh) 1 St., 11 lbs., 330 trays
Milk (tinned) 749 tins
Cream (tinned) 23 tins
Eggs (shell) 1.914
Eggs (frozen) 1 tin
Cheese 3 qtrs., 1 St., 9 lbs.,
444 packets
Cakes and biscuits 9 lbs.
Jam rolls 190
Pudding mixture 9 packets
Flour and cereals 19 tons, 3 qtrs., 1 St.,
13i lbs.
Jams, syrups and preserves 344 jars and tins
Pickles and sauces 125 jars, bottles and tins
Paste (fish) 1 tin
Patent foods and beverages 9 lbs., 3 tins
Confectionery 1 ton, 19 cwts., 1 qtr.,
1 st., 3 lbs., 6,053 bars
Soups 105 tins
Cordials and fruit juices 74 bottles and tins
Seven cases of the presence of foreign matter in food were reported
during the year. Legal proceedings were taken in three cases, in all
of which convictions were secured. Fines totalling £9 were imposed,
and £11 11s. 0d. costs awarded to the Council. The remaining four
cases were dealt with by cautionary letters.